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I never heard of straight edge. Apparently, in context, it was almost a gang-like organization. (Which doesn't sound vegan to me, but what do I know?) They banned the word because it was associated with straight edge, and thus seemed to imply a risk of violence. I'd bet the administrators didn't even know what the word meant.

I'm not vegan, but the ones I've met in person have always been nice.

--J. David works really hard, has a passion for writing good software, and knows many of the world's best Perl programmers

As far as I can remember back, that simple mantra has explained everything about every public school I've ever seen. (And the one private one, as well.)

As far as I can tell, most of the people who work as "educators" are people you wouldn't trust to make an ice cream cone, much less teach other people what the real world is like. The real world does a remarkably quick job of that despite th

Many straight-edgers are also vegan, but the original definition of straight-edge, as taken from a song by Minor Threat, does not include veganism. I think the (potential) ascetism of veganism attracts people who are already attracted to the asceticism of straight-edge.

However, as a vegan who is not an ascetic, I don't particularly like the connection between the two. Straight-edgers are generally not great ambassadors for veganism, as they make it seem quite unappealing.